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Some More Change George Can Believe In
Topic Started: Jan 21 2009, 12:16 PM (248 Views)
QuirtEvans
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Obama's first day as President: freezes on White House pay, and new ethics rules for lobbyists.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/21/obama-freezes-pay-aides/

He's coming out of the gate with change!
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
This sounds good at face value.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Good for him.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
from the article Quirt linked to
 
Obama's new lobbying rules will not only ban aides from trying to influence the administration when they leave his staff. Those already hired will be banned from working on matters they have previously lobbied on, or to approach agencies that they once targeted.

The rules also ban lobbyists from giving gifts of any size to any member of his administration. It wasn't immediately clear whether the ban would include the traditional "previous relationships" clause, allowing gifts from friends or associates with which an employee comes in with strong ties.

The new rules also require that anyone who leaves his administration is not allowed to try to influence former friends and colleagues for at least two years.
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In an attempt to deliver on pledges of a transparent government, Obama said he would change the way the federal government interprets the Freedom of Information Act. He said he was directing agencies that vet requests for information to err on the side of making information public -- not to look for reasons to legally withhold it -- an alteration to the traditional standard of evaluation.

Just because a government agency has the legal power to keep information private does not mean that it should, Obama said. Reporters and public-interest groups often make use of the law to explore how and why government decisions were made; they are often stymied as agencies claim legal exemptions to the law.
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These go beyond "symbolic gestures" and "face value."

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Red Rice
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Obama's new lobbying rules will not only ban aides from trying to influence the administration when they leave his staff.


This is great! My guess is that there are a lot of unhappy aides right about now.
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I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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Improviso
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HOLY CARP!!!
Axtremus
Jan 21 2009, 01:13 PM
These go beyond "symbolic gestures" and "face value."

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Ok. Good on Obie. (Andy called and said it was OK to use that. It's a term of endearment :wink: )

When the rubber meets the road, let's hope it sticks.
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and admiration while breaking down over even the slightest bit of criticism.

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Kincaid
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Yep, it's good. T'would be nice if the legislature could make it law so that it would not revert back at the whim of any President.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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John D'Oh
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The grinding sound you hear is that of the conservatives teeth as they smile and say 'great idea!'.

If this keeps up, Rush Limbaugh is going to have to go back on the painkillers.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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George K
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Jan 21 2009, 05:00 PM
The grinding sound you hear is that of the conservatives teeth as they smile and say 'great idea!'.
Which is why the liberals don't need dental work (except for the Brits, of course). They never ground their teeth about Bush because they never thought any idea of his was any good.
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brenda
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George, you have become very important. Whole threads are dedicated to you on a regular basis now.

Enjoy! :cheers:
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Mark
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Conservative = Liberal = Conservative.

WTF?

Why couldn't the so called conservatives have done something so simple, so correct.

Now, slash the staff itself. Eliminate positions. Eliminate failed departments! Like The DOE!
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Steve Miller
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John D'Oh
Jan 21 2009, 05:00 PM
If this keeps up, Rush Limbaugh is going to have to go back on the painkillers.
When did he stop using them?
Wag more
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Kincaid
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John D'Oh
Jan 21 2009, 05:00 PM
The grinding sound you hear is that of the conservatives teeth as they smile and say 'great idea!'.
Actually, that's the sound of millions of sphincters clenching and unclenching. Just not sure when it's going to happen.
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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QuirtEvans
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Mark
Jan 21 2009, 09:17 PM
Conservative = Liberal = Conservative.

WTF?

Why couldn't the so called conservatives have done something so simple, so correct.

Now, slash the staff itself. Eliminate positions. Eliminate failed departments! Like The DOE!
Mark has a perpetual hard-on for the DoE. They really must have offended him somehow.

That's the Department of Education, right, Mark? Or is it the Department of Energy?
It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010.
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